Epilogue
A month had passed, and things had changed in Haneyville.
Grant Scott finally retired and sold the Haneyville Tribune to Donovan and Jodi. He was also in luck in that Donovan and Jodi also bought his home.
After giving it lots of serious thoughts, Andrew went into the police station with his letter of resignation. Getting wounded made him change his mind on a career in law enforcement. He wanted to live a full life and watch his baby grow up. So his father-in-law got him a job at the plant.
Rock sat in a jail cell down in Knoxville. He was moved down after that his stay in the Haneyville Hospital.
While his public defender went over the evidence against Rock. Some of the damaging evidence was the strands of hair found in the ski mask. DNA test results proved the hair belonged to Rock. So after his buddy Wallace Mayer had a heart to heart talk with Rock, he decided he did not want to go through a trial. He chose to be a man, so he confessed that he killed Howie, Tiffany, and Charlie.
Four months had passed.
Rock was sentenced to life imprison for the murders of Howie, Tiffany, and Charlie. He was sent to the Bledsoe County Correctional Complex in Pikeville, Tennessee.
Down in Haneyville, other things had changed for the better.
Kent and Jan got engaged and planned on getting married in a year.
Jodi was pregnant, and Donovan could not wait to become a father. They decided to make Ernie, George and Betsy pseudo grandparents.
Working at their Haneyville Tribune was fun, and they started an Internet addition.
Donovan also finished his third eBook based on the events he and his lovely wife recently experienced.
His eBook titled Murder in the Woods had the potential to become a best seller.